Florida and golf are a natural combination. In spite of the summer rains, Florida is known as the Sunshine State for a reason. Many cities experience more than 300 days of sunshine a year. For golfing lovers, Florida is a genuine paradise.
The central Florida communities of Kissimmee, Davenport, Clermont, and Orlando possess a vast number of first-rate golf courses. A number of the finest golf professionals in the world reside in this segment of the country. Tiger Woods’ main residence is just southwest of Orlando. In fact, Orlando itself is quarters to almost 90 public golf courses and a host of private courses. Aside from the famed theme parks, family attractions and plentiful beach vacations spots , golf is a major ingredient of the central Florida experience.
Eagle Creek is a Scottish style course located just southeast of the Orlando International Airport. It has revetted bunkers and other aspects of golf that can generally only be experienced in Scotland. The Grande Pines Golf Club is located close to Sea World in central Orlando, just off International Drive. Newly renovated, the course was thought to be one of the finest before the redesign, and is now repeatedly showered with praise from experts and amateur golfers alike.
Of course, Orlando is just one town in central Florida where golfing is key to the tourist market. Davenport, a small community located on US Highway 17/92 in Polk County, southwest of Orlando, maintains unexpectedly superior courses. The Ridgewood Golf Club at Davenport was voted one of Florida’s top 30 courses. The course was planned by Ted McAnlis and has an extraordinary reputation. The club offers Champions Turf greens, new bunkers, leveled tee boxes and the type of lush landscaping that golfers in Florida have come to insist on.
Another Scottish style course in the vicinity is the Highlands Reserve Golf Resort north of Davenport. This course offers excellent scenery and is located on one of the highest spots in Florida. Old Florida citrus trees embellish the edges of the course and scattered pines are reminiscent of courses in the Carolinas.
Kissimmee, Florida is not quite adjacent to Orlando and is commonly used by visitors as a base of operations when traveling to the sights in Orlando. But Kissimmee has a lot to offer in its own right, including the Kissimmee Bay Country Club which was voted as one of America’s Best New Courses by Golf Digest in the 1990s. The course is 11 miles from the Orlando Airport and features the inherent beauty of a lakeside atmosphere cooled by rambling oak trees and abundant wildlife. Kissimme provides the kind of bed breakfasts you may be searching for while also incorporating family fun.
The neighboring city of Clermont boasts nine public courses, which is a spectacular number for a town of only 13,000 people. The more well-known of these courses include The Legends Golf and Country Club, Kings Ridge Golf Club, Swiss Fairways, Green Valley Country Club, and Sanctuary Ridge Golf.
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This post was written by admin on September 8, 2010
